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Saturday Night And Sunday Morning

By: Alan Sillitoe
Narrated by: Linus Roache
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About this listen

 Alan Sillitoe was an integral part of the Angry Young Men movement of the fifties that focused on its authentic depiction of real working class people. This book is true to their ideals in its raw sharp writing of the story of a young man framed by his brutal experience in the army and as a factory worker.

Fuelled by a bleak aggressive outlook on life the book centers around a boozy, philandering weekend which is graphically captured by Sillitoe's clever prose and Linus Roache's strong reading.

©2009 Copyright Group (P)2009 Copyright Group Classics

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really enjoyed this and although this guy was a "bit of a bastard" I did have a soft spot for him at the end

felt like Alan Bennett play Excellent

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The actors accent was bit ropey at times and difficult to keep listening to. However story good kept one interested

Ordinary life told in an ordinary style

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Disappointed The unabridged version was not available on audible and the music is annoying but gave it 5 stars as I enjoyed the story & performance

Abridged

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This book being the first proper representation of Working Class life is a brilliant story keeping you interested until the end. The protagonist being neither a hero or villain but just a normal bloke making some bad and some justified decisions.
As I was listening to this and reading a hard copy simultaneously unfortunately I noticed this audio book misses out big chunks of the text which is a great shame!

Good story but misses out a lot

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I enjoyed the book in essence but it was spoilt by the lenghty jazz music between chapters, seems to go on forever. When i first started listening the music went on so long i thought i had the wrong download! Also i didnt think the narrator was very good at times running paragraphs into each other so it seemed the second paragraph was part of the first so to speak. Could be much better recording for a brilliant book.

saturday night sunday morning

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I really enjoyed this book it’s well narrated with a good local flavour. Well done

Great listen

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A pretty solid interpretation of life in a small northern working class town for a young bloke looking for some sort of excitement.

Up t’north

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Would it really have been so difficult to find s voice actor who doesn’t think Nottingham is in Yorkshire?

Accent mastery

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It was a very good reading of the classic novel. The Jazz interludes are a little intrusive, but Linus Roache truly captured the essence of the characters in his exceptional performance, of Sillitoe's timeless masterpiece.

Very enjoyable reading

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Great short story, if you’re from East Mids you’re reight gonna enjoy this duck. It really makes you appreciate the life and hardships of our grandparents time.

Nice story duck.

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